On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Erik Rijkers <e...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > This is OK and expected. But then it continues (in the logfile) with: > > FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid" already exists > HINT: Is another postmaster (PID 20519) running in data directory > "/var/data1/pg_stuff/pg_installations/pgsql.vanilla_1/data"? > > So, complaints about the *other* instance. It doesn't happen once a > successful start (with pg_ctl > start) has happened.
I'm guessing that leftover postmaster.pid contents might be responsible for this? -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
